Marriages and civil unions

In 2018, 195,778 marriages celebrated in Italy, an increase of about 4,500 to the previous year (+ 2.3%). The tendency to later marriages continued. Currently […]

Marriages, separations and divorces

In 2015, there were 194,377 marriages in Italy, about 4,600 more than 2014. It was the most consistent increase since 2008. In the period 2008-2014, […]

Marriages in Italy by age of spouses

Infographic on number of marriages in Italy by year and by age of spouses. The data are available since 2004 referring to all ages of […]

Marriages, separations and divorces

In 2014, there were 189,765 marriages in Italy, about 4,300 fewer than in 2013. This decrease is part of a downward trend in marriages: in […]

The process of family secularisation

In Italy, the dynamics of nuptiality and marital disruption varies greatly from region to region: first marriages with civil ceremony among Italian couples, legal separations […]

Marriages in Italy

In 2013, 194,057 marriages took place in Italy (3.2 per 1,000 inhabitants), 13,081 fewer than in 2012. This decrease is part of a downward trend […]

Marriages in Italy

In 2012, 207,138 marriages were celebrated in Italy (3.5 per 1,000 inhabitants), 2,308 more than in 2010. This slight increase is part of a downward […]

Marriages in Italy

In 2011, 204,830 marriages took place in Italy (3.4 per 1,000 inhabitants), 12,870 fewer than in 2010. Marriage has been decreasing since 1972, but the […]

Marriages in Italy

230,613 marriages were celebrated in Italy in 2009 and just over 217,000 in 2010 (provisional data), equalling 3.6 marriages for every 1,000 inhabitants. In just […]

Marriages in Italy

Istat has published the main results of the Survey of Marriages celebrated in Italy, based on municipal Registry office records updated as of 2008. The […]